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The Portland daily press., 1887-11-04
AGENTS WANTED.

A GENTS wANTED-The Maine Benefit
"A Association of Auburn, desires to employ
three more active solicitors; honest and indus
trious men, can earn good wages. For particulars
address with references, nj. Il. KICKER, Man
ager, Auburn Me. IL
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-07-23
FRUIT RAISING.
Orchard Enemies.

We hear 1t remarked frequently that the
myrlads of fruit, plant, and vegetable de-
yourlnG insects with which we must con-
tend to secure even portion of either is
enough to discourage those engaged in their
production. From this Respondent view
dissent as we have found, by the aid of
science, remedy for such difficulties in
each case as fast as they are presented,
ana usually the means are simple: indeed
the main remedies being determined per-
sistence in the application of the means of
determination. 1t sometimes takes a num-
Der of seasons of suffering, and the ex-
pounding line upon line, to awaken to
the fact that there is a remedy and the real
necessity of thorough use. Having from
childhood been the watchful guardian of
plant life In and out doors. ] confess to n
blood thirstiness for the destruction Of all
such pests and propensity to destroy
them, so when our learned scientists show
US a way | make haste in its practices
Wormy apples have been "thon in the
flesh" with us as with every orchardist we
know for years. We have kept the swine
IN the orchard from the first falling of the
green apples and until they were fattened,
have plowed, planted, seeded by turns.
with no perceptible diminution of the
enemy which forestalled US in the possess
sions of spy and baldwin, and all other de-
lights of the orchards, until disgust took
the place of appetite for apples. Last
spring the remedy proposed by, | think,
Prof. Cook, to spray the trees with london
purple and paris green, was in this wise:
If only the spraying can be attended to,
let it be when apples are the size of peas,
but if two, which is better, let the first be
done when the flowers fade. We sprayed
at the time when the fruit was the size of
peas, no larger, snd it was emphaticaIly
the thing. The yield was immense, of
good sound fruit, and bushels of apples
with never worm. 1t seemed miraculous
l advise every one who owns an apple tree
to spray it with solution of paris green.
This spraying comes at busy season, but
it is job that can be hurried through, and
300 TO 400 trees can be done in a day with
water handy. l think the best guide for
strength of solution is the color of it, and
should be only pale green, as, no doubt,
if too strong the foliage and likely the fruit
viii be blackened, or as if scorched, and
enough is Just enough. We put some in a
pail and filed it with water, and dipped
from that into the tub we pumped from.
As have made this so long | will defer
the "doctoringn the aphis of the cherry
tree, apple tree and currant bark insects
until another time, or until requested, as
that may have been well tried away from
this vicinity.-Gor. runners ReCjeT.
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He was not handsome man nor one of
imposing mien; quite the contrary. But a
few minutes conversation with him on
business soon proved to any would be-
sharps that they had no fool to trade WITH
they usually found out he was a crafty
Highlander who well understood what he
was after himself, and also what they might
be driving at as we'll
The proprietor of the flower store soon
became cognizant of the fact that he had
hard customer to drive bargain with; but,
being anxious to sell out, he was obliged,
after two hours hard dickering over it
during which time Sandy picked numerous
bits of information from him relative 10
the business-to come to Sandys terms
Sandy returned in half an hour with the
ready cash and a sign painter
He was handy jack at-all- trades, and
he sat down and drew up the bill of sale
himself-all the while wondering if the
business would pay, and pay sufficiently
well for him to keep an eye on the little
Scotch landlady he had met that morning.
with the idea of sometime asking her to
share its profits with him
He had been hot house gardener in the
old country and understood the culture of
flowers, and he thought the selling of them
would be a secondary consideration.
Although the store was not vet his, he
had feeling of pride and satisfaction in
reading his name:
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THE FORESTER.



\ CORE spondent of the People an Pa
troN, in discussing the trimming of pine
trees, states that those who have bought
and sawn timber from which live limbs have
been removed in the course of their growth
do not approve of trimming. The writer
thinks thatthey have come tot this conclusion
for the reason that this care of trees had
been DELAYED too long, or until they had
grown nearly large enough for boards. Pine
trees which reached almost n timber growth
before being deprived OF their lower limbs,
and then have them removed in an unskilful
manner, perhaps at the wrong season OF the
year, might send out an abundance OF pitch
which would melt in the summer and run
down on the bark. Such wounds be-
smeared with pitch would be likely to
make the timber open badly for boards
after few more years of growth were
added.
Certainly the trimming of small trees,
taking off the live limbs from their trunks,
may lie made with the expectation that
they will make better quality of lumber
when grown, as we'll as make a better APP
pearance standing. Most of the work of
this kind has been poorly done, and the
consequences of 1t seem doubtful. 4 limb
struck with the axe IN such way as 10
tear the bark down the tree for several
1
wound. 1t would be much better to give
the quick stroke from the under side of the
limb. two or three inches out from the
trunk of the tree, or still better, to use a
pruning shear, making a square cut.
Wounds of reasonable size thus made
would sere over in the March winds, If
made in February, or at such season as the
snow hardens in spring. Limbs cut
little ont from the tree would drop the
pitch away from the trunk, if they should
bleed.
Whatever may be said by millmen about
the kinds of knots which are found in
boards sawn from trees which have been
trimmed. the opinion of the writer Is that
ali small tnicket trees may be improved by
removing some lower limbs, dead or alive.
OF course a small, tall sapling which has
attained a diameter of five or six inches
would make better clapboards or mould
ings, if all the limbs were removed from
sixteen or twenty four feet of the trunk
nearest the ground. The writer is of the
opinion that live limbs less than two
inches in diameter should be removed by
saving close TO the bark of the trunk, if
done in midwinter. He has trees which
were thus treated several years ago III
February, which grew very smoothly, no
pitch OF any consequence trying out after
icing scared by the March winds.-Amer-
fcQu CulfiVUtOT.
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STOCK BREEDING.


1t is claimed by scientific men and
practical veterinarians, that horses should
not be watered Just after eating their
regular meal of grain. When a horse or
man has eaten a full meal there is a flow of
blood in the workings of the stomach to aid
IN digestion. This makes a desire for
cool drink. which is noticed frequently in
horses, and is felt by individuals. In the
case of horses, they have small stomachs
IN proportion TO their size, and If II be well
filled with hay and grain, If pail of water
is given TO a horse in that condition, it
forces the food in the stomach into the
smaller intestines, and rapidly through
them into the larger intestines. In this
position the digestion of food Is impossi-
Bile, and will cause what is termed sceurs.
How often have teamsters and travellers
found their horses, three or four hours
after eating and drinking, with scours too
bad to continue on their journey, until rest
aid time restored them from the natural
rasulas of indigestion. If horse Is
worked just before eating, and is given a
large quantity, his stomach being empty,
il levers the temperature OF the stomach
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-07-23
MOTHER
BY VIM. HAUGEToN.


Not robed and crowned with angel grace,
Sweet mother. do ] see thee now,
But with fair and gentle face,
A tender beauty on tiny brow.
Out from the heart of memory,
Just as I knew thee Whe Il child
Fairest OF all things fair 70 me
Purest OF all things undecided
And still the one dear central star
In loves sweet heaven, unchanged, unset
It's light, though sometimes faint and far.
Is beautiful and guides me yet.
The empty fame and empty place
That others seek who love to roam
Yelled not the glory of thy face,
or wiled thee from the joys Of home.
God crowned thee with q right divine
Sweetest OF all things pure and good,
The mOlding Of q heart WAS thine,
The holy power Of motherhood!
o, mother time can never chill
Thy chiIdren's love, so fair to see--
Thy dust is sacred to US still,
Thy heaven we hope to share with thee.
There's many vision sweetly fair
of woman work that QObly done
But noblest best a mothers prayer,
The home star for a wandering son.
And this the sweetest dream Of all
That comes to me IN lifss sad hour
q, woman at thy feet I'd fall
Were love thy scepter, love tn power.
gIROQUA, Wis.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-07-23

From the New York Evening sun.


Two ladies and p gentleman were
cOnversiug in the pos office corridor
yesterday afternoon, when a peculiar
looking man pissed along He was
below the medium height, OF spare tig-
ure, with long, straight hair, that
hung far down his shoulders, and
Counteuance that showed the sChol-
ar's pale cast OF thought. He was
dressed in q wel!-worn suit OF black,
wore a nigh sjOucht1 hat aud carried
small valise in his hand.
Jpn bet that man Is one or our
celebrated poets, - said one o. the la
dies, going into raptures over the
queer little man. 81 wouldn't be sur
prised if it was Stedman, Geoghegan
or Stoddard."
"I'll take the bet, " replied the other
playfully pulling her purse out OF her
reticuie. 4 am sure the man is an
artist, and will wager you a package
OF ca ameis."
The bet y as recorded and the ladies
delegated their companion to decide
the dispute for them. 1t was arather
delicate piece OF business, and the man
was in g quandary how to act. He
tried to talk the ladies ont Of their
dispute, and even offered TO psy for
the carames himself, but they were 50
determined that neither would 1--WE in
The man walked up to the stranger,
hesitated moment, twirled his mus
tache meditatively aud said: 'Gou
must excuse me, sir, but the two ladies
whom | lust left were so impressed
with your distinguished appearance
that they made little wager IS
to your profession. Would you mind
informing ME whether you are Il poet
or an artist?'
appearances are deceptive in this
world" replied the odd little man,
smiling pleasantly while ] am
neither q poet nor au artist, my call
ing IN life isno less important. | have
here" placing the valise on q shelf
and producing small box, can inven-
ton Of my own which guarantee will
remove ailcorns and buniOns. Thank
you, sir; here's my card, so you II
know where 80 find me when you want
some more"
The ,et was declared q draw, but
the ladies went home with their
pockets full of corn plaster5.
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sick, and is now unable to work The
young lady obtained emp ovment some
where as a singer-ln an opera troupe. the
andaay thought and has supported her
mother and sister since the first week the
mother was taken sick Before that time
the crippled sister was never left alone one
of them always remaining in when the
other went out Now the mother Is CON
fined to her bed and when the oldest
daughter, Miss Marie, goes out here is no
one to wait on either mother or daughter,
and neither one is alb to help the other
The young lady paid the room rents IL
advance last night and, rs she did so,
asked the landlady If 1t was possible for
her 10 lower the rent for the sickness of
her mother and sister made it quite hard
for her TO get along with what was left after
pay NJ the rent Mrs Campbell sail she
agreed to reduce it a little. but she could
see by the look on tue girls COuntenlnCe
that 1t was not enough, and she thought
the girl would have a struggle to meet the
next payment The girl looked dis ressed
and Mrs. Campbell thinks it may be she
has lost her place, although the girl said
nothing about it. The family have received
but one caller during the time they have
lived IN the house. The proprietor of the
store in which Mrs. InsIey has been en-
plOyed called two mornings after she was
taken i'll They are evidently geuteel
pee. lie IN reduced circumstances. SIR. and
Mrs Campbell says she sympathizes with
them greatly, for she has been through
hard struggles herself
THAT WIS All Won could find ont was it2"
questioned Mr.. Thorndlke. with a smile.
lit was all Mrs. CampbpIl knew. SIR
DDId sha know whore tbey corne from,
when tbay first hired rooms Of bar,-
II beg pardon. SIT. | forgot to ask Z
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a'Ieaol Ie2"'1eH as = most pc .laT man.
"'S = :. set III tllT l.-Ll . ace.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-07-23
They Rush For IL

1t is SAIL the women swarm after Moxie
Nerve Food with perfect furore. 1t is
known to customary for young men to
use ur IF it to antidote the effects of a
debauch, nich it does within an hour so
etlectually there is nothing felt after to
remind them they have had one Some OF
our most eminent physicians say it Is the
only nerve food OF any account, a. all the
others are actually only mild stimulants,
and soon lose their effects, while this does
not, more than common food II has been
but thirteen months on the market, and the
druggists say its sale is the most extraordi-
nary ever known.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-07-23
HER MISTAKE,
Howard ThOrndike'S
Loves.
BY BORT ARNOLD.


NIlAI LII W.
ALEXANDER MCPHERSON, FLORIST"
When Howard Thorndike awoke in the
morning the sun was full three hours high.
After enjoying his late breakfast and at
tending to his correspondence he asked Of
his valet if lie had anything to say TO him.
Yes, sir, was the concise reply.
Well, sandy, tell me what II is.
II called at the address and made inquiry
of the landlady Mrs. Campbell, who told
me all that she knew That was very little,
sir. She said the mother of the young
ladies Is the widow of a sea captain; that
she hired two rooms on the top floor last
May, and has occupied them until the
present time. They are very quiet people,
unobuusive, mind their own business, and
refuse all invitations to mingle with the
rest Of the dodgers evenings in the parlor
Both of the young ladies sing, and one
plays the guitar.
The youngest is cripple, and has some
thing the matter with her spine. The moth
er, who was forewoman at Koch 4 Co. 5
dressmaklng establishment, was lately taken
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-07-23
crest DeStrtction.

In abiding to the subject ofrainfall, and
the effect produced by the destruction cf
forests, one Of our contemporaries says:
"While as a rule We turn up our royal
North American noses at the suggestion of
systematic forest culture, in Europe the
people have learned wisdom from ex-
perience The French and German gov
ernments are illustrating what we might dc
ourselves, by buying seeds of us. Near
Burlington, VT, some 1000 bushels of pine
cones have been purchased at forty cents
per bushel for foreign shipment. They are
inspected daily, and as they open are taken
to the barn and threshed, the seeds cleaned
and placed in bags for transportation. 1t
occupies an average of five men daily for
two months to gather the seed from 1000
bushels each bushel yielding about q
pound of seed. There is a branch of this
business, nearly double in product, near
Charlotte. Vt. The cones are gathered
about the first of September, and treated
with heated air to expedite their opening.
All these are shipped to France, Germany
and the other governments of Europe. APP
propos of this subject, some statistics were
recently published showing that Lake
Champlain is Swallowing each year, some
of It's ports having already become IN
available, owing to the destruction of the
forests, the great storehouses of moisture.
Some day the American nation will awaken
to the knowledge that it has been recklessly
prodigal of its trees"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-07-23

Nnda II niTerent.

Johnny was sick last summer. and had 70
stay in the house while there was a circus
IN town. Naturally. It did not sweeten his
temper, and his mother had 10 talk &c
him.
My child. she said. you must not
conn aiu because Won are SICK. II Is vTr,
wick 4. You want to 90 to heaven. dom
you
~ SIN. he growled. ~hut not tn aftel
the ..ccus. A little 10y can go to heaven
any ,ne, but "a circus amt in town ever,
dav.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-07-23

EARLY closing on Saturday has devel-
oped an evil of misused leisure in New
York, many clerks of careless habits
abusing their privileges and causing
complaints from their families that sal
aries do not come home as formerly. 1t
is to the credit of the employers that in
stead Of abolishing the half-holiday, they
have now undertaken to make Monday
the payday in houses where there are
q large nnmher Of emplOyes.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-07-23
RrnMn's LITTLE Joke.

"Why, Brown, how short your coat is,
said Jones one day to his friend Brown, who
wittily replied: Yes; but it will be long
enough before | get another" Some men
spend SO much for medicines that neither
heal nor help them, that new clothes is with
them like angels visits-few and far be-
tween. Internal feyers, weakness of the
lungs, shortncss of breath and lingering
coughs, soon yield to the magic influence of
that royal remedy, DIR. r. Y. Pierces Cold
en- Medical Discovery"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-07-23

1t is told about a Dakota man that
he has invented a machine to pump
smoke down a gopher hole, where II Is
expected it viii kill the gopher. The
only drawback seems to be that while
you are inserting smoke IN the hole
the gopher went into he will come out
OF another and sit up and whistle at
YOU, and tell You that he has smoked
since he was ten years old New
York Star.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-07-23

4 GEORGIA exchange states that ''there
is loafing enough done in the State to
bring on famine in a section of country
less favored by nature than ours. Prob
ably there are not far from 100000 able
bodied idlers in this State" A great
place that for the parsonage supposed
10 be an expert in providing mischief
for idle hands,! Chicago Inter-Ocean.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-07-23
SHON RHMard

The former proprietor OF DR. Sages Ca
tarrh Remedy Tor years made stan ding
public offer in all American newspapers OF
5000 reward for case OF catarrh that he
could not cure. The present proprietors
have renewed this offer All the druggists
sell this Remedy, together with the
"Douche and all other appliances advised
to be used IN connection with IL. No catarIh
patient Is longer allie to say Il cannot be
cured. You get $500 III case of failure
A CURIOUS will case is on trial in New
York city. An effort Is being made to
have portion OF the estate of a wealthy
deceased butcher made over to one of
his randchildren who had been left
only $50 by the butchers will, while his
other grandchildren were literally pro-
ylded Tor, 1t seems that the testator,
who was an enthusiastic Democrat, was
annoyed during ms lifetime because the
mother of the disinherited child per-
sisted in naming him Chester Arthur,
not only against the wishes of her
tather-in-law but of her husband also.
The suit at bar is to recover a portion of
the money willed to the BOYS grand
mother, who died before her husband.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-07-23
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
A Budget of Useful Information Upon
Household and Agricultural
Topics.
Matters OF Interest Relating to Farm,
Orchard, Stable, ParlOr, and
Kitchen.
AGRICULTURAL.
DtcuTF Peas.

The dwarf varieties of peas are not so
popular as they were a few years ago.
People took to them mainly because the
vines did not need the trouble and expense
of stalking But they do not compare in
yield with the best of the larger sorts.
The little vines may be and sometimes arc
covered with pods. but they are not large
enough to hold full crop, and when once
picked the vine is done for. In the larger
vines there is more of a succession of
bloom, giving a longer picking from the
same seeding
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-07-23
: PHYSICIANS
FAILED.

The treatment Of many thousands Of cases
of those chronic weaknesses and distressing
ailments peculiar to females, at the lnyaIlds
Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, y. l..
has afforded a vast experience in nicely
adapting and thoroughly testing remedies
for the cure of wOman's peculiar malaqIcs.
OR. Pierce's Eayoritc Prescription
is the outgrowth, or result, of this great
and valuable experience. Thousands OF
testimonials, received from patients ana
from physicians who have tested it IN the
more aggravated and obstinate cases when
bad baffied their skill, prove il [ be the
most wonderful remedy ever devised Tor
the relief and cure of suffering women IL
is not recommended as a " cure-au, put
as a most perfect Specific for woman
peculiar ailments
a. powerful. iuvigoratins tonic,
IL imUarts strength To the whole system
and to the uterus. or womb and It's ap-
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I'fgrCa'- Favorife Prescription is the grea
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promotes digestion and assimilation Of Iood'
Address. WORLDS DESPT
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-07-23

For a woman to say she does not use
Proctor & CANDLES Lenox Soap, is to
admit she IS "behind the times.
NOBODY uses ordinary soap now they
can get Lenox
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night, then retired and for the first time in
years he remained awake for hours after he
was abed, thinking of the future, picturing
hlmse.t As the weu-to-do proprietor OF the
flower store. and conjectuIing how much
the little Scotch landlady might be worth in
worldly goods
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-07-23

FUSCTIoNAL arrangement of the female
system Is quickly cured by the use Of DR.. L.
Y. Pierces 81 Favorite Prescription Il re-
moves pain and restores health and strength.
BY all druggists.